"Tian Zili planted corn for Lin Danhan, and Lin Danhan married his little daughter to him. That's all I know."
An Sanxi nodded and said in his heart: "This boy is quite talented. He actually cheated a wife from Lin Danhan through his business. It was really a worthwhile trip."
An Sanxi opened the letter and found out that when he set off in a big way, Xincheng sent a liaison officer to the Tabu Nang camp at the same time.
After reading the letter, An Sanxi knew the whole story.
I didn't expect that the master would make arrangements so early to do such a thing.
In order to rescue the Han slaves who had been kidnapped on the grasslands over the years, the master sent Tian Zili, who was good at farming and studying agriculture. The master cast a bait that Lindane Khan could not refuse.
That is the food that can be grown on the grassland--corn.
This kind of thing has a short growth cycle and is drought-resistant. The output is still very high. And the straw can be used as fodder in winter. It is simply tailor-made for Lin Danhan.
After planting the first crop of corn, Lin Danhan almost went crazy with joy. He forced Monan Mongolia, Mobei Mongolia, the five tribes of Inner Khalkha, and the Horqin people to hand over all Han slaves to him for farming.
Originally, Lin Danhan had promised that after teaching the Mongolians how to grow corn, Tian Zili could take his little daughter back to the customs. However, after seeing the huge benefits produced by corn, he broke his promise.
The ministries were forced to hand over all living Han slaves to Lin Dan Khan. Including the Han slaves in Chahar's headquarters, there were a full 100,000 people. Half of them are young and strong.
After all, the old, weak, sick and disabled will soon be eliminated in the cruel grassland of natural selection.
The reason why various tribes handed over all the Han slaves was because of the remaining power of Lin Dan Khan's western expedition to destroy the desert and southern Mongolian tribes. Another reason is that they have no extra food because of the severe drought in the grasslands in recent years.
With food, Lin Dan Khan can control various ministries. Because it is difficult to preserve beef and mutton on the grassland, it can only be preserved for a long time through trade and exchange for valuable grain. In winter, this is the life-saving food of the tribe.
And the reason why winter is so difficult is that cattle and sheep can only use their hooves to dig through the ice and snow and eat the dead grass and grass roots underneath. Therefore, places with leeward wind, dense grass, and shallow snow cover are limited winter campsites. After all, the snow is too thick. The energy consumed by cattle and sheep digging in the snow exceeds the energy replenished by eating dead grass and grass roots, and they will become thinner and thinner.
Without the thick fat, the antifreeze ability will drop sharply. So they either starve to death or freeze to death. The same goes for people. They can only reduce food in winter and endure hardship until spring. Look how many people and livestock are left in the tribe. Looking at how to recover and thrive in the new year.
A white disaster caused some tribes to disappear on the grassland. It is so normal. This is something that happens every year.
The tall corn plants, after harvest, can be stored and used as feed for livestock. The huge and hard root system of corn, when dug out, is a very resistant fuel. This fuel also has important implications.
Mongolians usually burn cow dung. In summer, the water and grass are plentiful, and the cattle and sheep eat more, so they naturally poop more. But in winter, except for the limited dried cow dung saved, fuel was extremely scarce.
This is also the reason why a large number of people freeze to death every year.
The limited amount of dried cow dung was not enough for Wangye, Taiji, Tabunang, Nayan and the herdsmen to burn. There were slaves and herders in their turn. They had no other option but to huddle together with their cattle and sheep to keep warm.
Now we have solved the problem of winter feed and fuel for livestock out of thin air, allowing everyone and livestock to spend the winter safely in yurts.
As for other tribes, if you obey the great Batuktu Khan (Lindan Khan), the Great Khan will give you food to survive the winter. Or you can trade cattle, sheep and war horses. So do warriors.
After seeing that Tian Zili's field in Baicheng had grown food as promised and taught some Mongolians, Lin Danhan never mentioned his promise to let Tian Zili return.
Lin Dan Khan's Chahar tribe was infiltrated by the slaves like a sieve. Soon Huang Taiji got detailed information.
Lin Danhan was able to grow food. This was a bolt from the blue, which made Huang Taiji extremely anxious.
If left alone, Lin Dan Khan will soon become powerful.
He controls the food and can continuously increase the population. A large number of people from other tribes will also defect to us. Chahar will only become stronger and stronger, and eventually become a serious problem for Daikin.
In the first year of Chongzhen, Huang Taiji decisively launched an attack on the Chahar people.
After the seven-year Western Expedition of Tianqi, Lin Dan Khan plundered a large number of people and livestock. The strength has been greatly improved. At this time, he was also at the peak of his strength.
The two sides fought on and off for more than half a year, with a truce remaining until winter.
Huang Taiji had the upper hand in strength and he achieved partial victory. Three of the eight camps outside Chahar defected to Jiannu.
But Lin Danhan has not broken his muscles and bones, and his strength is still strong.
After Chechen Khan learned that Lin Dan Khan had successfully grown food on the grassland, he began to show his favor to Lin Dan Khan. His territory is further north, where he has no chance to go to the Ming Dynasty to grab food, nor can he grow food. I can only please Lin Danhan.
In order to ensure the safety of the grain planting base, and at the same time, to expand the planting area. Lin Danhan handed over the cultivated land in Baicheng to the trained Mongolians for farming.
All Han slaves were handed over to Tian Zili Tabu Nang for management.
Moved to the area with sufficient water resources at the junction of Chahar and Chechen Khans to open up wasteland for farming. At the same time, five thousand cavalry were sent to guard this place.
Tian Zili came here this year with one hundred thousand Han slaves. Start clearing land to plant corn.
At the same time, he took the opportunity to invite Han craftsmen and their families to Lin Danhan. After all, land reclamation requires too many institutional agricultural tools that need to be built, and iron plowshares are also needed.
At this point, all the Han slaves on the grassland were concentrated in this area.
There was a bumper harvest of corn this fall. Fifty thousand Han slave laborers harvested enough food to feed the Chahar people for three years.
Compared with nomadic farming, farming has a natural yield advantage.
But Lin Danhan transported most of the grain and all the straw. To supply the needs of his headquarters. Only rations were left for Tian Zili.
Seeds to plant next year. It needs Yang Fan's camel team to transport it. These seeds are modern genetic breeding and can only use seeds from the first season.
The rations were placed in the granary, with a Mongolian captain in charge.
Every day, these Han slaves were distributed per head. And they often withhold money, leaving these people hanging on to their lives, barely able to avoid starving to death. At the same time, it was to prevent them from resisting or escaping. After all, there were 100,000 Han slaves gathered here.
With so many people gathering together, the Mongols were a little scared.
This made Tian Zili very angry. He fetched letters from Lin Danhan several times. Instead of improving the situation, he was reprimanded by Lin Danhan.
As for his request to return to Han Dynasty, Lin Dan Khan always considered it. Keep looking for various excuses.
Winter is here and traffic is disrupted. Tian Zili does not plan to write to Lin Danhan again.
He had seen this person clearly.
When he wants you, he never hesitates to say sweet words, and even his daughter can marry you. When he can grow food without you. His attitude toward you begins to plummet.
As for the reminder, Tian Zili told him that the seeds would degrade and he had to buy them from Yang Fan. Lin Danhan self-righteously thought that this was a ridiculous bargaining chip made up by Tian Zili.
Tian Zili was trembling with anger. There are always some fools in this world who think they are smart.
You talk to him about science, and he uses his life experience to deny you. And his so-called life experience is not a universal truth at all. It cannot be compared to other fields.
Until one day, the master sent someone.
Tian Zili had had enough of birdiness, and only then did he know. It turns out that all this was planned by the master.
The purpose was to gather Han slaves from various tribes on the grassland and rescue them all at once.
